For the last few months, I had been using Sparkfun’s Phant server as a data logger for a small science project. Unfortunately, they’ve had some serious technical issues and have discontinued the ...

As communication systems have improved and expanded in the age of IoT, the need for data security has increased. The MQTT protocol can provide efficient and secure integrating industrial automation ...

Enterprises need a way to ensure their IoT devices communicate to platforms and apps. Identifying when to use the popular MQTT or the newer LWM2M protocol will save enterprises time and money later.

A fascinating article from Philip N. Howard at George Washington University asserts that the number of connected devices surpassed the number of people on the planet in 2014 (Fig. 1). The author ...

HiveMQ CTO weighs in on why MQTT is picking up steam for enterprise IoT deployments in factory automation, logistics, and pharmaceutical workflows. Key drivers include a unified namespace and tested ...

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EMQ, the world's leading provider of open-source MQTT messaging and IoT data infrastructure, today announced the Preview launch of EMQX Tables, a fully ...

Ordinary Web applications may not need reliable messaging, but the multiplicity of endpoints represented by the Internet of things demands a messaging protocol that measures up Architectural patterns ...

The XMPP, CoAP, and MQTT protocols have distinct pros and cons; here’s a quick rundown of the trade-offs Real-time communication technology is an absolute requirement for the development of Internet ...

In the world of the Internet of Things one thing you’ve got lots of, apart from things, is messages. When IoT devices generate messages, they send stuff like status reports and environmental ...